Draw incorrectly awarded - FIDE rules not applied correctly

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SaurusDNA

In the following game, I was awarded a draw for insufficient material.

However, according to the FIDE laws of chess, if a flag falls, a game should only be awarded if the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves.

Here is the rule:

6.9 Except where one of the Articles: 5.1.a, 5.1.b, 5.2.a, 5.2.b, 5.2.c applies, if a player does not complete the prescribed number of moves in the allotted time, the game is lost by the player. However, the game is drawn, if the position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves.

Source: https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/LawsOfChess.pdf

It seems Chess.com has a bug in this regard as the FIDE rule is not being correctly applied.

Micahschach
SaurusDNA wrote:

In the following game, I was awarded a draw for insufficient material.

However, according to the FIDE laws of chess, if a flag falls, a game should only be awarded if the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves.

 

Here is the rule:

6.9 Except where one of the Articles: 5.1.a, 5.1.b, 5.2.a, 5.2.b, 5.2.c applies, if a player does not complete the prescribed number of moves in the allotted time, the game is lost by the player. However, the game is drawn, if the position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves.

Source: https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/LawsOfChess.pdf

 

It seems Chess.com has a bug in this regard as the FIDE rule is not being correctly applied.

it was drawn by influcient material vs time out

SaurusDNA
Micahschach wrote:
 

it was drawn by influcient material vs time out"

 

 

Exactly my point. It should not have been drawn by insufficient material, since it is still possible to win in this position by a legal sequence of moves.

According to FIDE rules, this is not a draw by insufficient material. If my opponent had a king only, then it would be. However, it is still possible for the opponent to get checkmated in the corner from this position, so there is a legal sequence of moves that leads to a win.

Lagomorph
SaurusDNA wrote:

 

It seems Chess.com has a bug in this regard as the FIDE rule is not being correctly applied.

Chess.com does not use FIDE rules in a timeout, but follows more closely to USCF rules.

USCF does not allow "helpmates" to be considered and your game would be a draw under their rules.

Chess.com uses a simple piece count to achieve the same goal, and considers K+N to be insufficient as a mate cannot be forced.

SaurusDNA
Lagomorph wrote:
SaurusDNA wrote:

 

Chess.com does not use FIDE rules in a timeout, but follows more closely to USCF rules.

Aah, that would explain it...

Thanks for the clarification!